Infection with IPHC occurs in medical institutions together with the underlying disease, complicates its clinical course, complicates the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, complicates the prognosis and outcome of the disease, and sometimes leads to the death of the patient. The main task of the hospital staff is to completely and quickly restore the health of hospitalized patients and create safe and comfortable conditions for them there. To do this, it is necessary to study the epidemiological characteristics of IPHC and implement their prevention and control. Key words: infections associated with the provision of medical care, nosocomial infections, epidemiological features, risk factors
